On November 8, Uk time, just one week before the 2021 Snooker Championship Championship, the event known for its high prize money announced the results of the group draw. Ding Junhui and Yan Bingtao from China will face Higgins and Murphy in the first round respectively, and Yan Bingtao, as a representative of the post-00s generation, has put on the big poster of the external publicity of the event, showing that the organizing committee attaches great importance to the young player from China.
Yan Bingtao appeared on the promotional poster for the 2021 Snooker Championship
High prize money brings high attention, and China will represent Asia twice
The Snooker Championship was born in 2013, replacing the previous Snooker Premier League. The tournament has attracted attention from day one with its high prize money, and since all 16 participants have either been champions of the past season and a half or have been selected through the high world rankings, it can be said that all the participants are standard world famous players. For these "bring-your-own traffic" celebrities, the organizing committee did not treat it badly, as long as the participation will have prize money - the first round of 12500 pounds, the top 8 17500 pounds, the top 4 30,000 pounds, the runner-up 60,000 pounds, the champion 150,000 pounds.
As the representative figure of China's snooker, Ding Junhui and Yan Bingtao appeared at the same time, which is undoubtedly the most interesting place in this year's championship competition. According to the draw, Yan Bingtao is in Group 2 and Ding Junhui is in Group 3, and the first match between the two will be played at 9 pm on November 17 and 18, respectively. According to the rules of the champions-of-champions competition, the champions of these two groups will play in the semi-finals and compete for a place in the final. That is to say, in theory, Yan Bingtao and Ding Junhui have the possibility of staging a "Chinese derby" in the semi-finals, and once this scene occurs, it will also ensure that there is a Chinese seat in the final.
2021 Snooker Crown Match Group Match Table
As we all know, snooker is the "housekeeping project" of the British, and the development of snooker in the world has always been based on the British. Influenced by Ding Junhui's sudden rise, Chinese players have only begun to have more and more influence in the field of snooker in recent years, and Yan Bingtao, who won the Masters championship earlier this year, is the leader of the new generation of Chinese snooker sports.
As in previous champions competitions, British players from the British Peninsula are still the absolute mainstream this year, among all 16 participants, 13 are from the United Kingdom (including 8 from England, 2 from Scotland and Wales, and 1 from Northern Ireland), and the only "foreigners" who really belong to China's Ding Junhui and Yan Bingtao is Australia's Neil Robertson. Therefore, from this point of view, the two Chinese players are fighting for China and asia.
The Masters champion was valued, and Yan Bingtao appeared on the event poster
As the champion of this year's Masters, Yan Bingtao's championship of champions can be said to have been determined when he won the championship in January this year. Relatively speaking, Ding Junhui's qualification is almost obtained by pressing the whistle.
As last year's champion mark Allen abruptly announced his withdrawal from this year's tournament a week ago, Ding Junhui qualified as the world's No. 10 player with a higher world ranking. In fact, those who qualified in this way also included billiards Emperor O'Sullivan and the famous players Maguire and Bingham.
Since entering the 2021 season, Yan Bingtao has played steadily, in addition to winning the Masters, he has also entered the top eight in many competitions, so the outside world is also full of concern about the future path of the Chinese post-00s golfer, Trump recently said in an interview with the British media that Yan Bingtao may become a player in the new generation of players to "dominate" the sport. The Organizing Committee of the Crown Of Champions also attaches great importance to Yan Bingtao, and listed Yan Bingtao as one of the 5 players in its external publicity poster.
Yan Bingtao
Combined with the situation of the crown lottery group, the outside world is also generally optimistic that Yan Bingtao defeated Murphy, the runner-up of last year's World Championships, and advanced to the next round. As for Ding Junhui, the challenge is obviously greater, because in the just-concluded English Open, Higgins only beat him 4-1. However, in the context of many post-70s players still occupying an important stage in the world of snooker, it is clear that now is not the time to assert the future career of Ding Junhui, who was born in 1987. In fact, he has also shown a clear recovery in form in recent matches.
Yunnan Xiaozi Tea Co., Ltd. office new site
In April this year, Yunnan Xiaozi Tea Co., Ltd., from Xishuangbanna, signed a contract with Yan Bingtao to serve as the spokesperson for the company's Pu'er Tea. Now, just as Yan Bingtao is about to usher in the championship competition, XiaoZi Company has also ushered in its own new office location. Mr. Rong Li, chairman of the company, said that he will invite friends to the company's new office area to taste high-quality Pu'er tea while cheering for Yan Bingtao's crown competition.